Posted on 09/22/2006 2:09:33 PM PDT by PatrickHenry
Free Republic is currently running a poll on this subject:
Do you think creationism or intelligent design should be taught in science classes in secondary public schools as a competing scientific theory to evolution?You can find the poll at the bottom of your "self search" page, also titled "My Comments," where you go to look for posts you've received.
I don't know what effect -- if any -- the poll will have on the future of this website's science threads. But it's certainly worth while to know the general attitude of the people who frequent this website.
Science isn't a democracy, and the value of scientific theories isn't something that's voted upon. The outcome of this poll won't have any scientific importance. But the poll is important because this is a political website. How we decide to educate our children is a very important issue. It's also important whether the political parties decide to take a position on this. (I don't think they should, but it may be happening anyway.)
If you have an opinion on this subject, go ahead and vote.
message rcvd. will comply.
(Nothing personal)
Wilco.
Maybe all those who were calling him a drunk can lead the way.
One other issue this brings up is how one enforces penalties against those who commit scientific fraud--of which politicization is one example...Global warming, anyone?
What I fear most is since most people misunderstand and consequently somewhat mistrust science, the populist support for science is shaky at best. If enough scandals about the 'inviolate, sacrosanct' nature of science come to light, the general public may write science off as mere hogwash or propaganda. Which would be a pity because science was developed in order to get at things *in spite of* possible biases. And of course, one other side effect of such a development would be the loss of funding for science.
Cheers!
interesting proposition. let's examine the balance, shall we? let's see, now...
on one plate of the scale, we have a few iterations of allegations of PWI;
on the other plate, we have: vitriolic, vapid, retread, leftist, etc... repeated ad nauseam
no. the proposal, while interesting, lacks merit in the balance.
nothing beats Colonel Dabney when he's on a tear.
I don't know, I've never kippled.
Be thankful you didn't have a near deaf Dutch Aunt who was so fond of Rudyard that she'd read him to you in her thunderous voice as a bedtime story - thus giving you the medical condition known in Holland as kippered herring.
Oh yes. Be thankful.
Who?
I thought "Cats" was written by Roger (Can't touch this) Hammersteen.
naw, that mook wrote Pinafore
(basically, what I'm sayin' is, I don't know Broadway from Shinola)
oooooo... that pun made my head hurt.
Well.... Ok.
Takes King Prout's name off of "Likes showtunes" list.
You may be interested in knowing that both Watson & Crick who won the the Nobel prize for their work in elucidating the DNA molecule did in fact believe that the DNA molecule was designed and did not come about by random chance.
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